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How to fold the Blade Runner origami unicorn (1996)

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Re: How to fold the Blade Runner origami unicorn (1996)

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

When people write a statement and then tack on a question mark they force people to guess what they mean. Is it a typo? Is it an observation and the question mark is supposed to somehow signal disapproval? Or is it an actual question, with a little grammar error that's not uncommon for non-native English speakers? Maybe this is just me being weird but I simply don't understand why people think a question mark means "…

So what did you mean?

Its not really Origami when its folded from several papers? Its then papercraft or modelbuilding.. Origami is the art of folding it from one sheet.

Re: How to fold the Blade Runner origami unicorn (1996)

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Better explanation https://geekydadcrafts.com/2019/01/10/the-blade-runner-unico...

"Diagrammed by Kenneth Thompson". The name sounds familiar...

David Huffman too, made some very complex paper folding models from relatively abstract mathematics, although apparently did not like them being likened to origami.
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